Another important figure within the movement is Tareq al-Fadhli, an Islamic tribal sheikh and head of a prominent southern family.
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At least two members of the rubber-stamp parliament, a tribal sheikh and several figures from the ruling Baath party in Deraa, have recently defected.
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Another of the tribal leaders is Sheikh Awad Ali Hussein(ph), of the Abu Theeb tribe.
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Sheikh AWAD ALI HUSSEIN (Sunni Tribal Leader): (Through translator) Two of my brothers have been killed.
Sheikh AHMED ABU RISHA (Sunni Tribal Leader): (Through translator) And they are assassinated a lot of the sheikhs at that time.
Sheikh Sattar had formed an alliance with other tribal leaders and the U.S. vowing to crush al-Qaida in Iraq.
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